Fence-post.



PATENTED JULY 24, 1906.

J. A. TREMBLAY.

FENCE' PGST.

APPLIOATION FILEDAPR. 11. 1906.

wwf 2 a l x I I Il Bm HK .JOSEPH ARTHUR TREMBLAY, OF TILBURY, (J'ANADA.

FENCE-POST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 24, 1906.

Application tiled April '11, 1906. v Serial No. 311.087.

, rio, Canada, have invented certain new and useful lin'l'iroveinents inFence Posts, of

which the following is a specification.

This vinvention relates to improvements in feiice,-posts; and its objectis to provide an indestructible fence-post formed of cement which is soreinforced as to make it unbreakable and is provided with cheap andetlicient means for securing the fence toit, said inea-ns also servingtostrengthen the post and hold the reinforcing means in pla-ce in themold in the process of forming the post.

A further object of the invention is to provide a post having theseveral advantages of the particular construction, arrangement, andcombination of parts, all as hereinafter more fully described, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is aperspective View of a line of fence held b v posts embod `vin theinvention; Fig. 2, e'longitudinal section of one of the posts; Fig` 3,an enlarged transverse section of the same; and Fig. 4 is a perspectiveview of the reinforciiigl frame and fence-securing means. A

As shown in the drawings, l is the bod).Y of

the post, fo'i'nied ol' cement or similar matei rial and taperedthroughout its length, its upper end 2, which is prelerabl)v made roundeter than its vl'ow'cr end.

corner of the post. The next wire is secured at one end to the rod 5,then to the rod 8, and around the rod 7 and out, seid wires extending.at alternate sides of the post thri'iughont its length. These wiresthus not only serve. to secure the fence to the post, but, together withthe rods, form a frame which is-laid into the mold and'does not hinderthe tamping lin of the cement, the rods being thus accurately positionedin the corners ofthe post and the wires correctly spaced without thenecessityr of providing means in the mold for holding the same.

The hollow in the post being tapering, the 'core for forming the saineis easily renioved after the post is formed, and the 'post is thus madelight and yet is practically unbreakable. After the removal of the corethe open end of the hollow is preferably plugged with cement to preventwater from getting into the interior of the post.

Having thus fully described my iiivention, what I claim is- 1. In apost, the combination with a body portion formed of cement, of alongituiilinally- ,extending strengthenirig-rod embedded in the body ateach of the four corners thereof,

i and series of tire-wires each projecting at one end from. a corner ofthe post and secured to the rod at that corner and at its opposite endto the rod at the opposite corner of the l post, seid wires being alsosecured to one of l the rods intermediate said opposite corners andsmooth, being ol considerably less diam- Said post is also preferablymede with a tapering hollow 3 in 'its center extending l'i'oni the lowerend upi wnrd therein, and euch corner ol thev post is l beveled o'llAslightly. dinziltr-extending 'i'einlorciiig-rods, one withv in eachcorner ol the post,l and t) represents lie-wires, each engaging three ofthe four rods and extending out through the corner ofthe post to .securethe lencc thereto, a tic-wire )vlug h'i'ovided for each line\\f'ire ollthe fence. Those reinlorcing-rods and tie-wires :ire enil'rziine placedin the mold and the cement then taiiipcd in, 2i suitable wooden corebeing provided to form the hollow in the post.

The l'rzime t) is preferably made up by se- :u'ring one end olone of the'wires to the rod fi, then wrapping thc saine around the rod (l, thenaround the rod 7, and' out through the :3, 6, 7, and 8 :iielongituand.in one of the other corners at alternate sides of Vthe post.

2. A post consist-ing of a tepering body portion formed of cement with atapering axial cavity closed at each end, longitudinally-extending rodsembedded within each corner of said body, a series of tie-wires wrappedaround diainetrically opposite rods and one oi' the intermediate rods,and an :il-

ternatingseries of tieewires similarly secured tothe dianietricallyYopposite rods and to the other intermediate rod, said wires u llprojecting at one end from. the bod)`v` at one corner bodied in the postb making them np in a i .sort oll traine l0, :is shown in Fig. 4, andthis thereof` v ln testimonyP whereof ,l have signed |n naine to thisspecification in presence ol two witnesses.

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